Call Boy

Call Boy

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Release Date

4/6/2018

Runtime

119 mins

Genres

Overview

Ryo Morinaka is a university student and works part-time at a bar. He is bored with his daily life and exists in a state of torpor. One day, his friend Shinya Tajima brings the owner of a host bar over to the place where Ryo Morinaka works. Shizuka Mido is the owner of the host bar. Soon, Ryo Morinaka begins to work for Shizuka Mido at the members only host bar. He feels embarrassment initially, but he fulfills the desires of women and develops a sense of purpose.

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

-

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A portrait of a directionless young man drawn into the world of male sex work, where a complex relationship with an older woman becomes the focus of his awakening, erotic and psychologically troubled, examining how desire and connection can both fill and damage a void.

Mood

WistfulMelancholicUnsettlingIntimate

Themes

IdentityLoveIsolationObsessionComing of age

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Sexual content

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